Henriette (Jet) Siemons explores the interweaving of family archives, language, folklore, and nature through personal and collective journeys. Her work focuses on how stories, myths, and memories endure across time and place, particularly through oral histories and hidden genealogies.
Using photography, maps, found objects, archival material, and text, she creates interactive installations that invite viewers into these explorations. Her projects often take the form of quests: tracing spirits and legends like the Witte Wieven in the Dutch landscape, uncovering her Sardinian heritage through family tales and local folklore, or delving into the lives of strangers through forgotten photo albums. These journeys raise questions about what we inherit : not only bloodlines, but also lost languages, inaccessible histories, and truths that blur the line between fact and myth.
By combining archival research, immersive fieldwork, and storytelling, Jet builds spaces where memory, myth, and nature converge. Her work invites reflection on how identity is shaped by both personal memory and collective history , especially through the voices and experiences of women, and how these narratives continue to echo in the present.
Since graduating from the Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in The Hague in 2023, Jet has continued to navigate the space between the visible and invisible, the rational and the mysterious, inviting audiences to look beneath the surface of what we think we know.
email: info@jetsiemons.com
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(Group) Exhibitions
March 2026 - (Solo) - Exhibition, Ballon Rouge, Rotterdam (upcoming)
September 2025 - (Group) - Ballon Rouge, part of Groot Rotterdams Atelier Weekend (GRAW) (upcoming)
2025 - (Group) - Rotterdam Photo x Amarte - Shared Connections
part of the Dutch Talent Project Grant from Amarte fonds
2024 - (Group) - OpenHuis Nieuwstraat, the Hague (with Hanna Burgers)
2024 - (Group) - ‘Building Bridges’ by de Zolder x ANDA x CULT= US. Rotterdam
2024 - (Group) - SPROUTS Young Talent at Arti & Amicitae, Amsterdam
2023 - (Group) - Noorderlicht Regenerate, Groningen
2023 - (Group) - SPROUTS Young Talent by SBK Kunstuitleen galerie, Amsterdam
2023 - (Group) - Royal Academy of Arts (KABK) 2023, The Hague
2021 - (Group) - Coackroach Collective x The Spectrum Space, Schiedam
2021 - (Group) - Greyspace In the Middle, the Hague
2018 - (Group) - 5&33 Gallery, Art’Otel Amsterdam
Funding & Nominations
2025 - Nomination for STAR Dummy Award
2025 - CBK Rotterdam Praktijkbijdrage
2025 - Rotterdam Photo x Amarte: Dutch Talent Project Grant
2024 - Stimuleringsfonds , Internationalisering Start regeling
2023 - SBK Sprouts Young Talents Award
2023 - SBK-Otto Hetterscheid Stimuleringsprijs
Education
2019-2023 - Royal Academy of Arts The Hague (KABK), BA photography
2022 - Masterclass Mario Cresci, Lecce, IT.
2022 - Internship & assistance Alessia Rollo, Lecce, IT.
2018-present - Mentee Margaret Lansink
Publications & Interviews
2025 - Fisheye Magazine, FR. Hannie & Billo (upcoming)
2025 - Via Via Podcast (NL). Hannie & Billo het gevonden fotoalbum project (upcoming)
2024 - Fisheye Magazine, FR. Trail the found photo album project’
2023 - BK informatie, september. Sprouts Young Talent.
2023 - The Invisible Women, photo book. Self-published, edition of 20. Sold out
2023 - The search for the Invisible Women, research publication. Self-published, edition of 20. Sold out.
2022 - Discarded magazine, showing project Cerco Maria Giovanna (IT).
Organised events & workshops
2025 - Storytelling workshop, Netwerk Nieuw Rotterdam (upcoming)
2025 - Witte Wieven guided tours at exhibition Rotterdam Photo 2025
2025 - Story telling evening (with Hanna Burgers)
2024 - OpenHuis (with Hanna Burgers)
2024 - Ghost tour Catharina le Chasseur, the Hague (Nl)
2023 - Cyanotype workshop, Talentenkaravaan Rotterdam Zuid (Nl)
2021 - Lecture on the history of photography, Lecce (IT)